Gutter-section fastener



(No Model.)

W. H. HAWKINS. GUTTER SECTION FASIENER.

Patented Apr. 29, 1890;

IN NTEIR 5 \AATNEEEEE UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

\VILLIAM H. HAWKINS, OF SCHAGHTICOKE, NEW YORK.

GUTTER-SECTiON FASTEN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 426,446, dated April29, 1890.

Application filed February 12, 1890. Serial No. 340,210. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM H. HAWKINS, of Schaghticoke, in the countyof Rensselaer and State of New York, have invented a certain new anduseful Improvement in Gutter- Scction Fasteners, of which the followingdescription and claims constitute the specification, and which isillustrated by the accompanying sheet of drawings.

The object of my improvement is to facilitate the adjustment andtightening of guttersection fasteners upon the lapped or otherwiseunited ends of the gutter-sections, to preserve the required shape offasteners made of flexible metal, to allow of modifications being madein the shape of the ends of the gutter-secions without changing that ofthe fastener, to secure an air-space between the body of the fastenerand the outer lapped guttersection, to greatly increase the bindingforce of the fastener upon the gutter-sections united by it, and toutilize the fastener for holding in position a wire, by means of whichthe gutter may be suspended for use.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a perspective View of the improvedgutter-section fastener. Fig. 2 is a cross-section through the gutterand fastener, taken on line an of Fig. 4. Fig. 3 is a modification ofthe fastener. Fig. 4 is a perspective view showing the fastener inposition on the gutter. Fig. 5 is a perspective View showing reverse ofFig. 4, showing also manner of utilizing the fastener for holding agutter-hanger in position on the gutter. Fig. 6 is a longitudinalsection on line 00 cc of Fig. 5.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

The guttersection fastener A, Fig. 1, is made of flexible sheet metal.The loop I), Fig. 1, is formed in the fastener. The holes 0, Fig. 1, aremade in the loop. The side edges (1 of the fastener A are bent upwardfrom points near the ends '11 of the fastener down to the loop 1), Figs.1 and 6. The loop I), through the holes 0, Fig. 1, receives the bolt e,which receives the nut f, Figs. 2 and 3.

In constructing a gutter, the ends of the gutter-sections g and h beinglapped together, those ends receive the fastener A, Figs. 2 and 4. Theends '6 of the fastener are bent over and down upon the lapped ends ofthose sections, Figs. 1 and 2. The bolt e is tightened in the nutf, Fig.2. the fastener A in its position upon the sec tions g and 71., Figs. 4and 5, and binds those sections more rigidly together than can be doneby the single process of bending the ends 2' of that fastener over thelapped edges of those sections. The bolt 6, carrying the nut f, shouldbe in position in the loop b,when the fastener A is first put upon thegutter, that the nut f and head of the bolt 6 may prevent the loop 19being opened too widely when the ends 2' of that fastener are drawn overand bent down upon the edges of the sections g and h, and after thosesections have been firmly bound together the loop 19 should still have.sufficient spreadv to allow of the fastener A being further tightenedupon those sections, if necessary, when the gutter is in use.

Bending the sides d of the fastener A, as hereinbefore described,produces the follow ing desirable results: It stifiens the fastenerbetween its ends 01 and loop 1), thereby preserving its proper shapewithout impairing the flexibility of those ends and of the loop,decreases liability of the spreading of the gutter, allows of formingthe ribs or creases o in and across the ends of the sections 9 and h, ifdesired, whereby uniformly strengthened laps are readily made, alsosecures the airspace a between the body of the fastener and outer lappedsection g, thereby preventing rust and decay, all as shown by Figs. 1and 6.

Through the loop b, above or below the bolt 6, Figs. 2 and 3, a wire maybe inserted and bent around the gutter to form the hanger K, Fig. 5. I

It is not necessary to make my improved fastener of one piece of metalcarrying the bolt 6 and nut f, as shown by Figs. 1 and 2. It may beformed of two pieces of metal 8, carrying the bolt and the nut in theends m of those pieces, as shown by Fig. 3.

I disclaim in this application the subjectmatter claimed in myapplication filed July 17, 1889, Serial No. 317,782, patented December10, 1889, as No. 416,914.

WVhat I claim is- 1. In a gutter-section fastener, the loop b,

That operation tightens carrying the bolt 6 and nut f,f0r the purposeset forth.

2. In a gutter-section fastener, the combination, with the ends 11 andloop I), of the bolt 5 e and nut f, for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination, with the sections of metal forming a gutter, of thefastener A, 11 aving the loop 1), operating with the bolt 2, nut f, andends 1' of the fastener to bind those sec- 10 tions and the fastenertogether and for holding the hanger K in position upon the gutter, andhaving the upwardly-turned edges cl, operating with those sections toform the airspace n and to admit of downwardly-projecting creases 0being formed in the ends of those sections, substantially as described.

4. As a new article of manufacture, the guttor-section fastener A,having the upwardlyturned edges (1, and having the loop I), for holdingin position the hanger K, and carrying the bolt 6 and nut f, for usewith the loop and the ends 1' of the fastener in binding together themetallic sections forming the gut-

